I'm looking forward to giving the keynote address this Thursday 4/4 for the PCC Borders of Diversity Conference. My talk: "How to Change the World (for the Better) by Not Taking Action" Because sometimes, you don't have to do that. No, really. Stop. 😉 So if you are near Pasadena City College this Thursday 4/4 and feel like hearing me yammer on about love and diversity, read poetry, and answer questions, please drop by! There should also be a most…

https://www.facebook.com/dissonancepress/photos/gm.2407039566053685/131091168239123/?type=3&theater The After School is a monthly work space and test platform for writers who are self-identified queers and people of color. Many of us strive to find great writers and writing wherever it may be. However, the landscape of genres, authorship, contests, publication, excludes many types of writing and writers on basis of culture, time, means of production, and economy. Our goal is to to develop writing projects that subvert or repurpose how literature is made and read. This…

From a memoir written in the voice of Mary Kate Olsen to a science fiction narrative that focuses on the Kardashians’ powerful reproductive capacities, this reading will center on popular culture as subject matter, obsession, and site of intense feelings. Performers JoAnna Novak Kate Durbin Myriam Gurba Ryka Aoki Sophia Le Fraga Christopher Soto

I am in Arizona next week. I am so looking forward to this. Two events! Yay! A Question of Dialect Saturday, February 22, 2020, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Location: Traditions, University Club Type: Craft Talk, Presentation, Workshop Genre: Mixed Genre Learn More about this Session Writing in dialect or vernacular can be tricky. At its best, is can give one's writing an organic sense of place and perspective. When mishandled, however, dialect can offend readers, seem reductive, and cover lazy storytelling. This…